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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hand \Hand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Handed}; p. pr & vb n. {Handing}.] 1. To give pass, or transmit with the hand; as he handed them the letter. 2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as to hand a lady into a carriage. 3. To manage; as I hand my oar. [Obs.] --Prior. 4. To seize; to lay hands on [Obs.] --Shak. 5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.] 6. (Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail. --Totten. {To hand down}, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor; as fables are handed down from age to age; to forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court); as the Clerk of the Court of Appeals handed down its decision. {To hand over}, to yield control of to surrender; to deliver up
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